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MIDSUMMER OPERA

Registered charity 294591 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUNDS LYRICAL

Promoting 2 operatic projects per season plus recitals by company principals and contributions by our chorus to other organizations' performances.

Objects

PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF OPERA, MUSIC, SINGING, DRAMA, BALLET, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £301 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £8,393 to £8,092. The trustees confirm that current and future funding sources are adequate for the company's needs over the next twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: J Upperton received a fee of £1,960 for services as stage director and choir trainer.
“The following directors/trustees completed transactions with the company in the capacities of stage director and choir trainer: J Upperton - fee £1,960 reimbursed expenses £NIL” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: J Upperton - fee £1,960 reimbursed expenses £NIL
“The following directors/trustees completed transactions with the company in the capacities of stage director and choir trainer: J Upperton - fee £1,960 reimbursed expenses £NIL” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£28k£29k
31/12/2024£20k£21k
31/12/2023£32k£33k
31/12/2022£22k£23k
31/12/2021£11k£9k

Common questions

Is MIDSUMMER OPERA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £301 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £8,393 to £8,092. The trustees confirm that current and future funding sources are adequate for the company's needs over the next twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.